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The Cloth From Which We Are Cut: Two BWC Members Commemorate Strike
Vicki Gabriner and Linda Stern, Boston Workmen's Circle members and sopranos in A Besere Velt, Boston Workmen's Circle's Yiddish community chorus, have recently had their work published in a new book, The Great Lawrence Textile Strike of 1912: New Scholarship on the Bread & Roses Strike.
They write about ABV’s process in creating recent concerts on commemorating centennials of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and the Bread & Roses strike. Their chapter is entitled "The Cloth From Which We Are Cut: Using Music, Narration, & Images to Tell the Story of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire."
Vicki and Linda will be reading at main branch of Brookline Public Library on Wed., Dec. 3. at 7 pm.
